866-842-5208

City/State:

None, TF

Country:

United States

Type:

Toll-Free

- Caller Analysis -

Scam Call (2 times)

Other Commercial (1 time)

p wissenbach (Mount Laurel, United States) Feb 21 2018, 6:21 pm

#4

This is most definitely fraudulent! My caller ID listed US Bank and 1-612-492-8369. I do not have any accounts with US Bank so I let it go to voice mail. The caller said he was with Fraud Merchants (not US Bank). He listed the last 4 of my debit card and said he was calling on behalf of my bank and that I needed to call him back immediately at 866-842-5208. I checked my account online and then called my bank. They said they NEVER use third party for fraud notices. They call directly. They suggested I report this to appropriate places. This was very likely a Phishing scam. I've looked this number up online and found more than a dozen different company names for this one number, including one claiming it's a UK company. No legitimate company has that many different names associated with a single phone number. If you get this call, hang up and call your financial institution directly.

I work at a financial institution that uses a financial service called Elan. This phone number is owned by Elan, which provide services to other financial institutions, one the services they can provide is fraud watch. Elan is a division of U.S. Bancorp, which also owns US Bank. So you might see many other financial institutions come up when you type in this number online. A lot of small financial institutions will use a service like this because it helps them monitor fraud outside of the bank hours when they don't have the resources to do it themselves. As for the UK company, I cannot replicate your findings on that. I have no issue with anyone refusing to communicate with them and calling the bank directly, can't be too safe!

Catherine (Hood River, United States) May 19 2016, 1:49 am

#3

This is a legitimate fraud investigative service. They were able to prevent several hundred dollars of fraudulent charges from being made to my account using a stolen debit card number. I returned their call when they left a message and gave them only my name and bank name. They listed the false charges and verified legitimate ones without any assistance from me once I gave them the last 4 of my social and DOB. I didn't give this information until I logged onto my account and saw for myself that one fraudulent charge had been approved. I'm happy that they were legit and doing their job!

Received a call from this number. At first I thought it was a scam, but after contacting my bank and looking at my funds I realized that this is a legitimate business fraud prevention company.
However, I would check your funds personally to make sure there is loss before giving out any information because they do ask questions to validate who you are.